Hajdu, Tamás and Hajdu, Gábor (2021) Temperature, climate change, and fertility. GLO Discussion Paper (896). Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen.
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Abstract
This chapter reviews the empirical literature on the impacts of temperature and climate change on human pregnancies. The focus is on the quasi-experimental studies that use panel data, apply a fixed effect approach, and exploit the random year-to-year fluctuation in temperature. The insights that emerge from the review highlight that exposure to heat in the pre-conception period has detrimental impacts on fertility. In addition, heat during pregnancy increases pregnancy losses, leads to a reduction in gestational length, and lowers birth weight. Despite the growing empirical evidence on the subject, understanding the relationship between temperature and pregnancy-related outcomes is far from perfect. Importantly, the potential impacts of climate change are rarely quantified. The chapter outlines directions for future research.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation / földrajz, antropológia, kikapcsolódás > GE Environmental Sciences / környezettudomány R Medicine / orvostudomány > RZ Other systems of medicine / orvostudomány egyéb területei |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jan 2022 08:02 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jan 2022 08:03 |
| URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/135262 |
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